Month: November 2016

Return of the Panel

Today the panel was re installed into the cockpit for hopefully the last time. Inspiring stuff. Until you see the back of it and then you wonder what on earth you’ve let yourself in for. Before tackling that mess, a…

Flaperons Finish and More Panel Prep

I spent the day after Thanksgiving labeling and tidying up wires, putting in clamps, tiying bundles together and so on as part of the ongoing effort to be ready for the panel to return. Allen joined me on the Saturday…

Panel Prep

In preparation for the panel install I spent some time securing wires and generally tidying it all up. Locking down the transponder antenna The CANBUS terminator on the electric compass and its ground wire were fixed to the bottom skin…

Return to the Flaperons, and Tow Bar Install

When we last left the flaperons I thought they were ok but I wasn’t really confident so during the week I found some more dimension specs and set about re-measuring the various deflections. Something that immediately became obvious was that…

Battery

I had set myself the goal of having panel first light up over Thanksgiving so I needed to get the battery to hook it up to. My plan is to get the avionics electrical side all working and then understand…